Some of these he has left on the Continent, but he has brought with him to this house a cockatoo, two canary-birds, and a whole family of white mice. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
I heard the mice too, rattling behind the panels, as if the same occurrence were important to their interests. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
Mrs. Cadwallader said you might as well marry an Italian with white mice! 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
On a table, at one side of the door, stood the cage, so well known to me by description, which contained his white mice. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
He was a big, fat, odd sort of elderly man, who kept birds and white mice, and spoke to them as if they were so many Christian children. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
He seems to be even fonder of his mice than of his other pets, smiles at them, and kisses them, and calls them by all sorts of endearing names. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Handle your tools without mittens; remember that _The cat in gloves catches no mice_, as Poor Richard says. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
He brought me a lovely tropical parrot in faience, of Dresden ware, also a man ploughing, and two mice climbing up a stalk, also in faience. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
True says the proverb, said Wamba, interposing his word, but with some abatement of his usual petulance,-- 'When the cat is away, The mice will play. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
I desired a lock for my door, to prevent rats and mice from coming in. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
I cannot part with my white mice. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
It's worth twice the rent, letting alone my company when you want it and such a cat to keep the mice away. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
With cats, for instance, one naturally takes to catching rats, and another mice, and these tendencies are known to be inherited. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
The cat's away, and the mice they play; the frost breaks up, and the water runs. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
He was so busy with his mice that he did not notice her. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Madame Fosco came downstairs, thickly veiled, with the travelling cage of the white mice in her hand. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
The silence that followed was so intense that the faint ticking nibble of the white mice at their wires was distinctly audible where I stood. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
The Count stroked one of his white mice reflectively with his chubby little finger before he answered. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Why should he be compared with an Italian carrying white mice? 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
Another cat comes after her mice, A cat with a dirty face, But she does not hunt as our darling did, Nor play with her airy grace. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
He put the pagoda-cage on his lap, and let out the mice to crawl over him as usual. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
He looked about the room, and noticed the cage with his white mice in it. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
He lifted one of the white mice in the palm of his hand, and spoke to it in his whimsical way. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
The mice have gnawed at it, and sharper teeth than teeth of mice have gnawed at me. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
I have some sea-mice--fine specimens--in spirits. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
They sat still as mice, and Susie cried quarts, I know she did. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
He was the youngest of thirteen children, and his parents were as poor as the proverbial church mice. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
And I tell you again, darling, that Mrs General, if I may reverse a common proverb and adapt it to her, is a cat in gloves who _will_ catch mice. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
The tendency to catch rats rather than mice is known to be inherited. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
His white mice live in a little pagoda of gaily-painted wirework, designed and made by himself. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.